Garment supporter



J. G. TOMPKINS GARMENT SUPPORTER Oct. 27, 1936.

Filed Oct. V14, 1955 INVENTOR- J0 e; K. Tm k/ns J44 ATTORN EY PatentedOct. 27, 1936 PATENT OFFICE 2 GARMENT' SUPPORTER lamesfi. qmnkin V eCant, a i no by j 1 mesne. assignments, to Patent SecuritiesCorporation, Los Angeles County, Calif; a corp ration of Galifornia Yaagata octobenl i, 19,33, SeriaL-No. 693,

' 6 Claims. (01. 24-243) This invention relates to; a supporter for agarment, such as a hose or the-like.

It isone of the objects oi this invention to protitle a sim le an xneisir rd for this 5- purpose, and that can be easily applied.

.It is another object oftheinvention to provide a s p rt hat wh n pli d-th a me lies qu f a ith nn wa hin of bumps.

This result isgaccompljshed by providing an anchor piece rotatable in asupport, for winding the upper edge of the fabric of the garment aroundit.

This anchor piece is of simple form, and it is another object of theinvention to ensure against undesired unwinding during use of thesupporter.

This invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objectswhich may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of severalembodiments of the invention. For this purpose there is shown a fewforms in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the presentspecification. These forms shall now be described in detail,illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to beunderstood that this detailed description is not to be taken in alimiting sense, since the scope of the invention is best defined by theappended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a supporter embodying the invention, aportion of the anchor member being broken away;

Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are side views of the garment supporter showingvarious stages in the operation of winding the edge of a garment to besupported upon the anchor member;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the manner inwhich the parts of the supporter are pivotally connected;

Fig. 7 is a detail section taken along plane 'I'I of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, of a modified form ofthe invention; and 45 Fig. 9 is a side elevation, partly in section, of

the support shown in Fig. 8.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the garment supporterincludes in general an anchor member I pivotally supported as by the aidof a yoke 2. This yoke 2 is shown in the present instance as made of aflat strip of material having a loop 3 at the upper end whereby it maybe suspended by a fabric loop 4, engaged in the loop 3.

The anchor member I is of fiat configuration, having a pair of sides 5and 6 and a bottom bar I,

In order to avoid injuring the fabric 8 adjacent the upper edge of thegarment, the lower portion of the anchor I can be covered as by a covermember 9. This cover member 9 can. be of flexible or yielding material,such as soft rubber. Adjacent one edge of the anchor member I there.is-a hollow portion III. Thisl ollow. por tion can be formed by formingan ear out of the. fiat material from which member I is made. This earis shown most clearly. in Fig. 7.

In order to mount the anchor member I pivotally between the legs II andI2 of yoke 2, this yoke has a lower bar I3 extending into the hollowportion ID. The legs II and I2 are spaced far enough apart to permit theanchor member I to turn completely through the yoke 2. Furthermore, asshown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 5 which represent the normal garmentengaging position, that side of yoke 2 and anchor member I adjacent theleg of the wearer is slightly convex. In this way the danger of pressingany of the edges of the supporter into the flesh of the wearer isminimized.

The use of the fastener can be best explained in connection. with Figs.2, 3, 4 and 5. The first operation to attach the fastener is to lay thefastener on the outside of the upper fabric edge 8 of the garment to besupported. The left hand side of this fabric edge 8 is next to the bodyof the wearer. Then as shown in Fig. 3, the anchor member I is rotatedin a clockwise direction with the edge of the garment engaging over theinner side of the anchor member I. The rotation is continued through theposition of Fig. 4 to wind the fabric edge 8 around anchor member I. The

final position is shown in Fig. 5, the fabric 8 being wound at leastonce around the anchor member I. out unsightly bulges or bumps. Thenatural resilience of the garment holds the anchor member I and yoke 2in the extended position of Fig. 5.

However, in order to ensure against inadvertent unwinding of the fabric8, there is preferably provided a device for releasably restraining theanchor member I against rotation while it is in the position of Fig. 5.To effect this result, one or more spring fingers I4 are formedintegrally with the sides 5 and 6 of the anchor member I (Figs. 6 and7). These spring fingers engage a flattened portion I5 of the lower barI3 extending through the hollow portion II]. In this way it is possibleto retain the anchor member I in garment engaging position againstinadvertent unwinding.

This forms a flat compact area with- In Figs. 8 and 9 a modified form ofthe anchor member is illustrated. In this form the anchor member l6 hassides IT and I8 and a bottom bar l9. Inserted between the sides is afiat insert 20 formed with integral ears 2| engaging the sides I! andI8. Covering the insert 20 is a cover member 22 which may be made ofsoft rubber or the like.

I claim:

1. In a supporter, an anchor member, a yoke having an end bar, means formovably mounting the anchor member to swing around said bar through saidyoke so as to wind an edge of a garment around it, and means releasablyrestraining motion of the anchor member from a dependent position onsaid yoke.

2. In a supporter, a, yoke having legs and a connecting lower bar, amember pivotally mount ed on said bar and capable of turning between thelegs of the yoke, and means releasably restraining motion of the memberfrom a dependent position on said yoke.

3. In a supporter, a yoke having a bar, a member pivotally mounted onsaid bar and capable of passing through the yoke, and spring fingersassociated with the pivotal mounting for releasably restraining movementof the member while it is turned out of the yoke in a direction to passthrough the yoke.

4. In a supporter, a flat member, said member having a hollow portionadjacent one end, and a yoke for supporting said member, said yokehaving a pivot formed with a flattened surface extending into the hollowportion for pivotally mounting the fiat member, said hollow portionhaving one or more spring fingers arranged to contact with the flattenedsurface of the pivot.

'pletely between said legs.

6. In a supporter, a flat member including a pair of spaced sides andhaving a hollow portion adjacent one end, a fiat insert between thesides,

a cover of yieldable material overlying the m:

sert, means for holding the insert in place, and

a yoke embodying spaced legs and having an end" bar extending into thehollow portion of said flat member for pivotally mounting the latter;said fiat member being capable of turning around said bar to passcompletely between said legs.

JAIMES G. TOMIPKINS.

